0:00:23 > 0:00:25Good afternoon.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29The government has threatened to cut off all state funding and help
0:00:29 > 0:00:32for Oxfam and other charities if they fail to ensure
0:00:32 > 0:00:38that vulnerable people are properly protected.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42The International Development Secretary, Penny Mordaunt,
0:00:42 > 0:00:45has described as "horrific" the behaviour of some of Oxfam's
0:00:45 > 0:00:47workers in Haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes
0:00:47 > 0:00:49in the aftermath of the earthquake there in 2010.
0:00:49 > 0:00:55Angus Crawford reports.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59First Haiti, no Chad, one of the poorest countries on earth. New
0:00:59 > 0:01:04allegations that a number of Oxfam workers paid local women for six. --
0:01:04 > 0:01:08sex. The head of the mission at the time, Roland van Hauwermeiren, was
0:01:08 > 0:01:14the same man who five years later and Haiti resigned after admitting
0:01:14 > 0:01:19using prostitutes. Four others were sacked. Oxfam will not confirm the
0:01:19 > 0:01:23details but says it is shocked and dismayed by the report, which
0:01:23 > 0:01:28highlights unacceptable behaviour by a small number of people. As the
0:01:28 > 0:01:32scandal grows, the International Development Secretary, Penny
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Mordaunt, has sent a strong warning to all British charities receiving
0:01:36 > 0:01:40public money, they will lose the cash if they cannot show a robust
0:01:40 > 0:01:43approach to safeguarding.I am very clear, it does not matter whether
0:01:43 > 0:01:48you have got of whistle-blowing hotline, it does not matter if you
0:01:48 > 0:01:51have got good safeguarding practices in place, it's the moral leadership
0:01:51 > 0:02:00at the top of the organisation is not the, we cannot have you as a
0:02:00 > 0:02:03partner.She said Oxfam did not give her department to fill facts about
0:02:03 > 0:02:07what happened in Haiti. At a meeting tomorrow, the charity will be given
0:02:07 > 0:02:12one last chance or be stripped of its public funding. Today, more
0:02:12 > 0:02:17revelations about the aid agencies, reports Christian Aid, Save the
0:02:17 > 0:02:22Children and the British Red Cross of all investigated staff over
0:02:22 > 0:02:26sexual misconduct allegations, and some of who know the sector well are
0:02:26 > 0:02:33not surprised.People need to realise
0:02:37 > 0:02:39realise that the vows majority of aid work in crisis situations is
0:02:39 > 0:02:41extraordinary, it saves lives, it helps people who are vulnerable, but
0:02:41 > 0:02:44aid agencies need to do more that the best people are going into these
0:02:44 > 0:02:47areas, they are monitored, and these people who are very vulnerable, they
0:02:47 > 0:02:53have a voice in how this unfolds. The government is now demanding
0:02:53 > 0:02:57every charity receiving taxpayers' money disclose all past and current
0:02:57 > 0:03:03cases of sexual misconduct. A scandal affecting one charity is now
0:03:03 > 0:03:09threatening to engulf the entire sector. Angus Crawford, BBC News.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11The Prime Minister and other members of her cabinet are to set
0:03:11 > 0:03:14out their policy on leaving the European Union in
0:03:14 > 0:03:15a series of speeches.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18During the campaign, dubbed "the road to Brexit"
0:03:18 > 0:03:21by Downing Street, they will describe the kind of future
0:03:21 > 0:03:23relationship they want the UK to have with the EU.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Our political correspondent Emma Vardy is here with me.
0:03:25 > 0:03:32So what can we expect?
0:03:32 > 0:03:35Theresa May has been accused of kicking they can down the road when
0:03:35 > 0:03:39it comes to nailing down exactly what the government wants for
0:03:39 > 0:03:43Britain after Brexit. Do we want to remain close to the EU in some
0:03:43 > 0:03:48areas, or do we want to break away and do our own thing in others? The
0:03:48 > 0:03:51EU will be setting out its negotiating position in a matter of
0:03:51 > 0:03:56weeks so we cannot put it off any longer. The senior members of the
0:03:56 > 0:04:00Brexit Cabinet will be going to Chequers to try to resolve their
0:04:00 > 0:04:05differences.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17On Wednesday the Foreign Secretary will kick off a series of speeches.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20We are told Boris Johnson has the impossible task of trying to unite
0:04:20 > 0:04:22levers and Remainers with his speech. Then the road to Brexit will
0:04:22 > 0:04:25culminate with a speech from Theresa May in the next few weeks. There is
0:04:25 > 0:04:27one big hurdle, getting the other 27 EU countries to agree.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Thank you very much. Emma Vardy, our political correspondent.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32More than a third of child deaths and serious injuries caused
0:04:32 > 0:04:35by neglect in England are linked to parents who drink
0:04:35 > 0:04:37too much, according to a new Parliamentary report.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39It also found that nearly all councils have cut their budgets
0:04:39 > 0:04:40for alcohol support services.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Our health correspondent Adina Campbell has more.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Dad of six Josh Connelly knows first-hand about the damage alcohol
0:04:47 > 0:04:50can have on a family.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54His father was an alcoholic, and died when he was nine.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58I remember one particular incident, he smashed all the windows through,
0:04:58 > 0:05:01by the door, and he was waving a knife through one of the windows,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04and the police coming up and taking him away.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07At the same time I was trying to deal with it all,
0:05:07 > 0:05:10you're also trying to keep it secret, so it is about
0:05:10 > 0:05:12just suppressing it, and then you naturally get
0:05:12 > 0:05:17unhealthy coping mechanisms.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19The impact of parents abusing alcohol in England are outlined
0:05:19 > 0:05:22in a new Parliamentary report.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It found more than a third of child deaths and serious injuries
0:05:25 > 0:05:30through neglect were linked to parents drinking alcohol.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32While nearly two-thirds of all care applications involved misuse
0:05:32 > 0:05:38of alcohol or drugs.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40And children with alcohol dependent parents had feelings
0:05:40 > 0:05:44of stigma, shame and guilt.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47The report also used data from a Freedom Of Information
0:05:47 > 0:05:49investigation, which found almost all councils in England
0:05:49 > 0:05:53are cutting back their budgets for this kind of care.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57The government says work is under way on a new children
0:05:57 > 0:05:59of alcoholics strategy, in addition to new higher duties
0:05:59 > 0:06:04to target cheap alcohol.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Josh has turned his life around, but he believes there are many
0:06:07 > 0:06:09children who will end up suffering in silence.
0:06:09 > 0:06:16Adina Campbell, BBC News.
0:06:16 > 0:06:18A man from Walsall has been charged with killing his
0:06:18 > 0:06:20eight-year-old daughter.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Mylee Billingham was found stabbed at her father's house in January.
0:06:23 > 0:06:30William Billingham has also been charged with making threats to kill.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34A helicopter has crashed in the Grand Canyon, killing three people.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39At least four others were hurt. It was thought to be carrying
0:06:39 > 0:06:43holiday-makers. The cause of the crash is not yet known.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has met
0:06:47 > 0:06:49the leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, for talks.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees have crossed the border
0:06:51 > 0:06:55into neighbouring Bangladesh after a crackdown by
0:06:55 > 0:06:57the military.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00This report from Reeta Chakrabarti contains flash photography.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04There were smiles this morning as Boris Johnson shook hands
0:07:04 > 0:07:08with Aung San Suu Kyi in the capital, Naypyidaw,
0:07:08 > 0:07:13but the plight of the Rohingya people will be a difficult topic.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15The Burmese leader has suffered a spectacular fall from grace
0:07:15 > 0:07:17in international public opinion after failing to defend
0:07:17 > 0:07:22the rights of the Rohingya.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Boris Johnson met some of the refugees on a tour of one
0:07:25 > 0:07:27of the camps in Bangladesh yesterday, and said that
0:07:27 > 0:07:29international diplomacy needed to focus on a safe and dignified
0:07:29 > 0:07:32return home for them.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37It's about finding a political solution, finding an answer
0:07:37 > 0:07:40in Myanmar, from Burma, creating the conditions for a safe,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43dignified return for these people.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45That's what they want.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48They do want to go back, but they don't feel safe.
0:07:48 > 0:07:54But he admitted that right now that seemed a distant prospect.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Later today, Mr Johnson will be taken by the Myanmar military
0:07:57 > 0:08:02on a tour of Rakhine state from where the refugees have fled,
0:08:02 > 0:08:04alleging arson, looting, rape, and murder by soldiers
0:08:04 > 0:08:05and Buddhist mobs.
0:08:05 > 0:08:12Reeta Chakrabati, BBC News, Naypyidaw, in Myanmar.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Great Britain has narrowly missed out on a first medal
0:08:17 > 0:08:19of the Winter Olympics.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22On another day of freezing temperatures in Pyeongchang,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave was in the silver medal position
0:08:25 > 0:08:28with just over a lap to go.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30He eventually finished in seventh, Britain's best ever Olympic result
0:08:30 > 0:08:31in cross-country skiing.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Andy Swiss reports from South Korea.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40The Winter Olympics at their most wintry.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Minus 16 and bone chilling winds, but Andrew Musgrave
0:08:42 > 0:08:44was about to warm the spirits.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46And they are under way...
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Cross-country skiing is not one of Britain's
0:08:48 > 0:08:51traditional Olympic strengths.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55Their previous best, Musgrave's 29th in Sochi,
0:08:55 > 0:08:57where he said he skied like a tranquilliser badger.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Not here.
0:09:00 > 0:09:03With barely a lap to go, there he was, remarkably in silver
0:09:03 > 0:09:04medal position.
0:09:04 > 0:09:12Could he hang on?
0:09:13 > 0:09:15Well, not quite.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17As Norway's Simen Hegstad Kruger raced to gold,
0:09:17 > 0:09:18Musgrave faded to seventh.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20But with his best events still to come, some feat.
0:09:20 > 0:09:22Well, what a result that was for Andrew Musgrave.
0:09:22 > 0:09:25He could not quite get that first medal for
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Britain, but even so, the performance of his life.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30With a lap and a half to go, I was feeling good, pretty
0:09:30 > 0:09:31confident, I thought I would
0:09:31 > 0:09:32be able to get a medal.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35I actually could not quite keep up that pace.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37The last lap was pretty tough.
0:09:37 > 0:09:40But on a day when some events were postponed due to high
0:09:40 > 0:09:46winds, one man soared.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49At the age of just 17, America's Red Gerard spinning
0:09:49 > 0:09:52to snowboarding gold, a teenage triumph
0:09:52 > 0:09:53to light up these Games.
0:09:53 > 0:09:59Andy Swiss, BBC News, Pyeongchang.
0:09:59 > 0:10:03You can see more on all of today's stories on the BBC News Channel.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05The next news on BBC One is at 6:05.
0:10:05 > 0:10:13Bye for now.